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Pages 184-187 (1 February 2007)
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Vol. 66. Issue 2.
Pages 184-187 (1 February 2007)
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Eficacia de la reducción de peso en la curación de la esteatohepatitis no alcohólica en un adolescente obeso
Effectiveness of weight loss in the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in an obese adolescent
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E. Cavanilles Walkera, A. Solar Bogaa,
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Correspondencia: Dr. A. Solar Boga. Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Materno-Infantil. Centro Hospitalario Universitario Juan Canalejo. Jubias, 84. 15006 A Coruña. España.
, L. García Alonsoa, M.J. Lorenzo Patiñob
a Servicios de Pediatría, Hospital Materno-Infantil. Centro Hospitalario Universitario Juan Canalejo. A Coruña. España
b Servicios de Anatomía Patológica. Hospital Materno-Infantil. Centro Hospitalario Universitario Juan Canalejo. A Coruña. España
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La obesidad infantil es el trastorno nutricional más frecuente en los países desarrollados, habiendo sido declarada por la Organización Mundial de la Salud como una epidemia global. En los niños, al igual que ocurre en los adultos, la obesidad es el factor de riesgo más importante para el desarrollo de la enfermedad hepática grasa no alcohólica, por lo que es probable que se convierta en la enfermedad hepática crónica infantil más frecuente. Sin embargo las publicaciones pediátricas sobre este trastorno, que puede llegar a ocasionar una grave enfermedad hepática con riesgo para la vida, son relativamente poco numerosas, con series pequeñas y con escasos estudios histológicos. El artículo describe a un adolescente obeso en el que se demostró esteatosis grave y esteatohepatitis que respondieron con normalización analítica e histológica a la reducción de peso. Se alerta sobre el incremento de esta comorbilidad de la obesidad en la población pediátrica.

Palabras clave:
Enfermedad hepática grasa no alcohólica
Esteatohepatitis
Obesidad
Niños
Dieta

Childhood obesity is the most frequent nutritional disorder in developed countries and has been described as a global epidemic by the World Health Organization. In children, as in adults, obesity is the most significant risk factor for the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Therefore, it may become the most frequent chronic liver disease in children. However, pediatric publications on this disorder, which can progress to severe liver disease with risk of mortality, are scarce, with small series and few histological studies. The present article describes an obese adolescent who presented severe steatosis and steatohepatitis, which responded to weight loss with clinical and histological normalization. The risk of obesity comorbidity is increasing significantly in the pediatric population.

Key words:
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Steatohepatitis
Obesity
Children
Diet
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